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How to solve the issue of the Senkaku Islands: Japan justifiably claims sovereignty

Protests in China are continuing over this month’s collision of a Chinese fishing vessel with two Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture and the arrest of the trawler’s captain. The Japanese Communist Party issued a statement in 1972 making clear that the Senkakus are Japan’s territory. Based on this statement, this article explores the way to solve the problem.

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How to solve the issue of the Senkaku Islands: Japan justifiably claims sovereignty